Manoj Jarange-Patil vows to expose Devendra Fadnavis, BJP game plan against Marathas on October 20

Although Jarange Patil lashed out at the ruling faction, he refrained from attacking Shinde. “The Chief Minister had promised to provide us the reservation. We had hopes on him. I told six crore Marathas that the Chief Minister will help us realise our dream of reservation. But Fadnavis did not let that happen,” he said.

Jarange Patil alleged that Fadnavis tried to destroy the lives of the Marathas by keeping them away from reservation. “Fadnavis made the game plan. He told the Centre how the party will benefit through the OBCs by denying reservation to the Marathas,” the activist said.
Jarange-Patil further said Fadnavis misused his powers to wreck the lives of the people of the Maratha community. “But now we will not keep silent. I will ensure Fadnavis and the BJP are exposed and make sure the party is ousted,” he said.

Jarange Patil said the state government failed to implement the “sage soyare notification. It failed to implement the Hyderabad gazette; it failed to withdraw cases against Maratha community youths. What benefit did we get from the Mahayuti government? We were insulted, our hopes were dashed and lives were destroyed”.

Jarange said a meeting of the Maratha community will be convened on October 20 to decide whether to fight the elections or to ensure the defeat of Mahayuti candidates. “From 9 am to 4 pm, I will hold interactions with members of the Maratha community. Those who can come should make it. We will take a decision whether to field our candidates or ensure the defeat of Mahayuti candidates,” he said.

Reacting to the Chief Minister’s statement, Jarange Patil said, “Now I don’t want to talk about Maratha reservation. There is no use now talking about the Maratha quota issue. Maratha community knows everything…”

Taking a jibe at the government, Jarange said, “Maratha community knows how much it has benefitted by cases filed against our youngsters… Our youths are not getting non-creamy layer certificates. Thousands of our community’s youths who are facing cases are not getting jobs… Has this been done for our benefit? The ‘sage-soyare’ notification has not been implemented. Is this for our benefit?”

When he was asked about the challenge thrown by Jarange, the Chief Minister said, “I do what I say. We are going to give resevation to the Maratha community. We will ensure that OBC reservation is not affected while giving reservation to the Maratha community.”

Shinde said, “During the Dussehra rally, I touched the feet of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue and took an oath… After that I immediately called a session of the state legislature and gave the Maratha community 10 per cent reservation. But this issue went to court. Everyone knows who went to the court… Before this, Devendra Fadnavis when he was the chief minister, had given reservation to the Maratha community. However, the Maha Vikas Aghadi could not ensure that it is upheld in court. They failed to provide strong evidence in the Supreme Court.”

“Jarange has taken to the streets to get justice for the Maratha community. But he should first ponder over the steps taken by the Mahayuti Government in the interest of Maratha community. He should see what all the government has done for Marathas. We gave funds to Sarathi, Annasaheb Patil Arthik Vikas Mahamanda… we help youths become entrepreneurs. Now the Maratha community is getting benefits like OBCs. Who did all this? Jarange should turn his focus on those who didn’t do anything for the Maratha community and denied various benefits… He should decide between those who helped the Maratha community and those who betrayed it,” the Chief Minister added.